La Patagua

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106136
MRDS ID W029797
Record type Site
Current site name La Patagua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.1112, -32.53414 (WGS84)
Elevation 700

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2.2 % CU (SULPHIDES) AVERAGE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.1112, -32.53414

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N5W
    Dip 85-90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Cabildo Sur

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Compania Minera Y Comercial Sali Hochschild S. A.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • H1) 700000 MET TONS PROVED + 2000000 MET TONS POSSIBLE RESERVES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CAPACITY (1977): 167 MET TPD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE, ED. INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA S.A. 1965

  • Deposit

    RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    SERPLAC, 1981, ESTUDIO DEL SECTOR MINERO DE LA V REGION: SANTIAGO (6 VOL.)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Theune, C.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1990 Williams, William C. University of Arizona

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.